coch

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Scots

Etymology

Middle English; of imitative origin. See also German keuchen, Dutch kuchen.

Pronunciation

IPA^(key): /koːx/

Noun

coch

cough

Verb

coch (third-person singular simple present cochs, present participle cochin, simple past cocht, past participle cocht)

to cough

Welsh

Etymology

From Middle Welsh coch, from Proto-Brythonic *kox, borrowed from Latin coccum (“scarlet berry”), from Ancient Greek κόκκος (kókkos, “berry”). Cognate with Cornish kogh (“scarlet”).

Pronunciation

IPA^(key): /koːχ/
Rhymes: -oːχ

Adjective

coch (feminine singular coch, plural cochion, equative coched, comparative cochach, superlative cochaf)

red
Synonym: rhudd
red, ginger (of hair)
bay (of a horse)
Synonym: gwinau
smutty, dirty
- 1973, Robat Gruffudd, Englynion Coch [Dirty Poems]:

Usage notes

The plural can also be used as a noun.

Derived terms

bochgoch (“rosy-cheeked; rosehip; red poppy”)
brochgoch (“bay roan”)
brongoch (“robin redbreast”)
coch coronog (“dappled bay”)
coch gloyw (“bright bay”)
cochbryf (“cochineal”)
cochder, cochdra, cochni (“redness”)
cochddu (“russet, dark bay”)
cochen (“hare”)
cochi (“to redden, to blush, to scorch”)
cochwelw (“light bay”)
rhuddgoch (“crimson”)
tingoch (“redstart”)

Mutation

Mutated forms of *coch*
radical	soft	nasal	aspirate
coch	goch	nghoch	choch

Note: Certain mutated forms of some words can never occur in standard Welsh.
All possible mutated forms are displayed for convenience.

See also

Colors in Welsh · lliwiau (layout · text)
gwyn	llwyd	du
coch; rhudd	oren, melyngoch; brown	melyn; melynwyn
melynwyrdd	gwyrdd
gwyrddlas; glaswyrdd	asur, gwynlas	glas
fioled, rhuddlas; indigo	majenta; porffor	pinc, rhuddwyn

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